Wayne County, KY

Headnote
WAYNE COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Kentucky, with Cumberland river on the north. Area, 570 square miles. Seat of justice, Monticello. Pop. in 1810, 5,430; in 1820, 7,951; in 1830, 8,738; in 1840, 7,399; in 1850, 8,692. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Wayne County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WAYNE COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Kentucky, with Cumberland river on the north. Area, 570 square miles. Seat of justice, Monticello. Pop. in 1810, 5,430; in 1820, 7,951; in 1830, 8,738; in 1840, 7,399; in 1850, 8,692.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 381.
Date Type
In eastern Kentucky, Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Mill Spring Battles/Soldiers
Shelby Moore Cullom is born in Wayne County, Kentucky Personal
Birthplace of
Date Title
Edwin M. Stanton, Order to the Army with President Lincoln's congratulations on recent victory in Kentucky, January 22, 1862
Colonel Robert Latimer McCook to Brigadier-General George Henry Thomas, Report on Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 27, 1862
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